Why is there a problem with kids staying on their parents plans to 26? If my kid got out of college at 21, it is clear based on the rates he won’t be able to afford it. The costs are transferred to me. Don’t see what the issue is.

I don't either. My daughter is 24 and working, but she's still on our plan. The plans offered where she works, an insurance agency, are really bad.

My oldest son got nailed for not having any insurance and had to pay the damn fine/tax.

Swanton said about 20 minutes after management called law enforcement, most of both motorcycle clubs and their affiliates left the area without incident. “We were fortunate that there was not any criminal activity that occurred last night,

Under the Constitution, the speaker does not have to be a member of the House. He or she doesn’t have to be an elected lawmaker or government official. The speaker can be an ordinary, private citizen.

In fact, there really are not any legal restrictions on qualifications for that office. The relevant words are from the Constitution’s Article 1, Section 2, Clause 5: “The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker and other Officers."

For Eighth grade science class I built a Plaster over screen wire volcano. Inside was a five pound coffee can with a saltpeter/sulfur/sugar mix.
I set it off in the grass between the science wing and the cafeteria. It was close to the office so the principal, VP, and secretaries came out to watch.
It put out a Lot of smoke( some sulfur dioxide smoke). The wind blew it first to gas all the office workers. Then gassed us some. And then the wind blew it into all of the open cafeteria windows and gassed a whole lunch period.

I got an A.

By high school, I had moved up to contact explosives and really had the school hopping.

My first rifle at around 6 was a Remington 512 in .22. At 15 I picked up a Glenfield 30-30 at FedMart for $58.00. The next year a Remington 700ADL in 243 from Foleys for $99.00 some 47 yrs ago. As I’m always tinkering, I first rebarreled the 700 in 308( several different bbls). It’s currently sporting a 6.5x47 Lapua bbl.

I’ve seen the occasional post since this happened. I didn’t folllow the story when it first broke. Can someone either give me a tl;dr or maybe point me towards a straightforward summary of what happened? Thanks in advance

Does that describe you pretty good? I always wanted to be creative, but don’t have the talent for most pursuits.

It pretty much nails me. I am not a visual person. I can't visualize. That, at first held me back, until I learned to overcome it by learning and understanding.

I love to learn, study, understand something new. That to me is more enjoyable than actual creation. I used to make electronic circuits, only to immediately modify them, or then cannibalize them for the next project that came along.

I have planned many projects that I never built. The joy in me is the learning and designing. When I have an actual need, I'll usually actually build something. I built a mult-rack bbq smoker with a separate fire-box.I've built an electric go-kart for my son, an arc welder with a high-frequency arc stabilizer, a sand-blaster, a power-washer, a milling/drilling machine. I redesign the gas ignitor on my 60's Kenmore dryer, so it was still going strong when I finally got rid of it. And some not actually needed big-boy toys. A 25mm Black powder cannon and a 2.5 in Coehorn mortar. And I can't remember how many times I rebarreled one of my rifles when I craved to try out a different caliber. I make my own soap. Sourdough. Jerky. Sausage.

“Doesnt his wifes family own Clear Channel? Seems I read that somewhere........”

How the Richest Member of Congress Got That Way
By Dan Amira

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/08/michael_mccaul_richest_mmber_of_congress.html
Even as the economy sputtered in 2010, Texas congressman Michael McCaul saw his net worth skyrocket to $292.21 million  300 percent over where it stood in 2009  vaulting him to the top of Roll Calls annual list of the wealthiest members of Congress. Does this have something to do with that Texas miracle we keep hearing about? Nope! It has something to do with the miracle of having a very rich wife:

The lions share of McCauls wealth is held by his wife, Linda McCaul, the daughter of Clear Channel Communications CEO and founder Lowry Mays, and his dramatic rise in net worth appears to be the product of generational wealth transfer.

A footnote to McCauls newest report notes that certain assets owned by his spouse were acquired via a gift from spouses parents. The accounts were not identified.

On his financial disclosure, McCaul lists a new asset owned by his wife, the Linda McCaul Descendant Trusts, valued at more than $50 million. According to his report, that trust is invested in several other family partnerships.

McCaul likewise added two trusts under the ownership of his dependent children, including one trust valued at $25 million to $50 million and another at $1 million to $5 million.

Due to this influx of spousal wealth, McCaul unseated last years richest member of Congress, John Kerry  the John Kerry married to Teresa Heinz Kerry of the ketchup fortune. Were beginning to see a pattern here.

I just got my Son to help me put together my first AR. I went with an Alexander Arms 6.5 Grendel Overwatch Upper, an Anderson lower, and a Rock River NM trigger. I stuck on an old 15X Weaver target scope to rush it to the range. I'm pretty happy with it so far. Now I need to get a proper scope for it.

I have the adjustable gas plug, but I've yet to install it. All I've run thru it is a case of the Hornady AMax Garand. And I have around 500 rds of delinked surplus I picked up from http://www.ammogarand.com/

Although not identical, the 7.62×51mm NATO and the commercial .308 Winchester cartridges are similar enough that they can be loaded into rifles chambered for the other round, but the Winchester .308 cartridges are typically loaded to higher pressures than 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges.[citation needed] Even though the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) does not consider it unsafe to fire the commercial round in weapons chambered for the NATO round, there is significant discussion about compatible chamber and muzzle pressures between the two cartridges based on powder loads and wall thicknesses on the military vs. commercial rounds. While the debate goes both ways, the ATF recommends checking the stamping on the barrel; if one is unsure, one can consult the maker of the firearm.